Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in 'Liz & Dick'

CaptionLindsay Lohan in 'Liz & Dick'

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Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler plays actor Richard Burton. The television film chronicles their tumultuous relationship. Producer Larry A Thompson said Lohan was the right choice for "Liz & Dick," though production was "problematic."

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor and Grant Bowler plays actor Richard Burton. The television film chronicles their tumultuous relationship. Producer Larry A Thompson said Lohan was the right choice for "Liz & Dick," though production was "problematic." (Richard McLaren / Lifetime)

Grant Bowler and Lindsay Lohan as the famous couple as they filmed 1963's epic "Cleopatra," a critical and financial disaster for 20th Century Fox. The pair met on the set and had a notorious affair that became an international scandal and soon ended both of their marriages. Taylor had been...

Grant Bowler and Lindsay Lohan as the famous couple as they filmed 1963's epic "Cleopatra," a critical and financial disaster for 20th Century Fox. The pair met on the set and had a notorious affair that became an international scandal and soon ended both of their marriages. Taylor had been... (Adam Taylor / Lifetime)

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra." Like Taylor, Lohan has grown up in the spotlight and the film is being touted as her comeback vehicle after years of substance abuse, run-ins with the law, rehab stints and antics that have all but shattered her once-promising career.

Lindsay Lohan as Elizabeth Taylor in "Cleopatra." Like Taylor, Lohan has grown up in the spotlight and the film is being touted as her comeback vehicle after years of substance abuse, run-ins with the law, rehab stints and antics that have all but shattered her once-promising career. (Jack Zeman / Lifetime)

A re-creation of a famous image of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at their first wedding, in 1964. Lohan's notoriety and the concept of her portraying one of film's most beloved actresses are the X factors that Lifetime hopes will bring a massive audience to the film.

A re-creation of a famous image of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton at their first wedding, in 1964. Lohan's notoriety and the concept of her portraying one of film's most beloved actresses are the X factors that Lifetime hopes will bring a massive audience to the film. (Jack Zeman / Lifetime)

Lindsay Lohan as the starlet lounging by the pool. Times TV critic Mary McNamara called the TV film "a wildly graceless biopic that careens through the decades-long relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton with more petulance than passion, knocking down gin bottles and rumpling...

Lindsay Lohan as the starlet lounging by the pool. Times TV critic Mary McNamara called the TV film "a wildly graceless biopic that careens through the decades-long relationship between Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton with more petulance than passion, knocking down gin bottles and rumpling... (Jack Zeman / Lifetime)